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MAGAZINE AND NEWSLETTER

1980-1981

BEN HAY HAMmET

Presbyterian College
Tames H. Thomason Library
Clinton, South Carolina 29325

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PC's largest single contribution:

Cross Hill family gives more than $1 million

A gift in excess of $1 million to Presby-
terian College by a Cross Hill, S. C,
family which presently remains anony-
mous was announced in late January
by President Kenneth B. Orr.

He said it is the largest single gift in
the history of the college and comes
unrestricted for use in the current
operations of PC.

Dr. Orr also pointed out the donor's
attorney is now working out the final

arrangements so that the resources may
be made immediately available to the
school. Although the donor does not
wish to be identified at this time.
President Orr did disclose that the gift
comes from a prominent family of the
nearby Cross Hill community in support
of the service Presbyterian College
renders this area. More detailed
information about the gift and its donor
will be forthcoming in the near future.

Dr. Orr added: "Prior to the receipt of
this gift, our Second Century Campaign
total was $9,584,033. This gift pushes us
above $10V2 million to date. The Second
Century Campaign officially ends on
May 10, with the conclusion of our
100th academic year. I am hopeful that
by that date we will be able to announce
further gifts to demonstrate the strong
support for Presbyterian College."

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Total gifts of 52.79 million make '80 the best year

Centennial 1980 brought the most
generous response ever by Presbyterian
College friends and alumni: gifts from
all sources provided a grand total
$2.79 million during the last calendar
year.

That's the report from President Orr,
who said each gift category reached
new heights during 1980. Leading the
way was the Second Century Fund
drive for capital resources, with
contributions amounting to $2.17
million. Annual Giving added $330,280
primarily for current operations. Church
gifts through the Synod of the Southeast
budget came to $208,194, while PC's

share through the South Carolina
Foundation of Independent Colleges
was $80,273.

Before 1980, the most productive gift
year was 1978, when total support came
to $2.56 million. It dropped in 1979 to
$1.42 million.

Other recent years show the total gift
support figures as follows: 1977 — $1.82
million; 1976— $1.29 million; 1975—
$862,527; 1974— $1.01 million; 1973—
$1.12 million; 1972— $1.15 million; 1971 —
$1.02 million; and 1970— $1.03 million.

Dr. Orr said two major gifts by
generous friends accounted for about
one-half of the funds contributed for

capital purposes in 1980 through the
Second Century drive. They were:
$650,000 from Mr. and Mrs. Alexander
M. Quattlebaum of Florence and
Georgetown to endow the Quattlebaum
Scholarship; and $500,000 from Mr. and
Mrs. James H. Thomason of Laurens to
establish the Thomason Library
Endowment Fund.

A special drive for the Second
Century program last year was headed
by trustees Robert M. Vance of Clinton
and Langdon S. Flowers of Thomasville,
Ga. They were assisted in the effort by
other trustees and members of the
board of visitors.

Annual Giving continues record pace with $330,280

Our Annual Giving program rose 10
^ percent in 1980 and set another new
i record of $330,280 from 2,160 con-
I tributors. It capped a banner year for
I PC activities.

I This amount compared to the $300,1 59
I raised in 1979 and does not include
other yearly sources such as church
budget gifts and the South Carolina
Foundation of Independent Colleges.
To count these sources would push the
annual figure to well over one-half
million dollars.

Alumni provided almost 60 percent of
the Annual Giving response as a fitting
tribute to the college's Centennial
observance. Their total $182,019 averaged
$121 per gift from the 1,504 individual
contributors. Non-alumni parents with
$36,643 and friends with $111,618 also
came through in a record way in 1980.

Among the AG objectives, special
interest in athletics produced $81,013
for the Walter Johnson Club. The club
failed to reach its goal for the first time
in a number of years, being almost 20

percent off its $100,000 objective and
under the $90,187 raised the previous
year.

PC Annual Giving raises funds
primarily for such current operations
as student financial aid, faculty salaries
and departmental expenses. Sponsored
by the Alumni Association, the program
in 1980 was headed by Alumni President
Bob Ellison '40 of Greenville and
President-Elect Jim Barnhardt '67 of
Charlotte, and by Johnson Club
President Harry Hicklin '48 of Rock Hill.

Quattlebaum grant attracts

finest field of young scholars

to compete for scholarships

The first recipient of Presbyterian
College's full-cost Quattlebaum Honor
Scholarship is Mike Cruber, Stone
Mountain, Ga., High School senior, who
combines superior intellectual achieve-
ment with leadership in a variety of
extracurricular activities.

He was chosen from a group of 15
finalists who visited the campus in late
January. They competed for the
Quattlebaum grant — with its present
value of more than $22,000 for the four
years of study here — and for other
attractive scholarship opportunities
open to incoming freshmen.

The other 14 contenders received
these awards:

Founder's Scholarships (valued at
$12,000 each over four years) — George
Mixon of Griffin, Ga.; David Kellam of
Dublin, Ga.; Terzah Horton of Gulf
Breeze, Fla.; and Jimmy Samples of
Jonesboro, Ga.

Alumni Scholarships (valued at $6,000
each)— Danny Roberts of Berlin, Ga.;
Scott Andrews of Florence; Lou Ann
Elder of Summerville; Lynn Compton of
Clinton; Jon Henderson of Cartersville,
Ga.; and Marian Martin of Atlanta.

Belk Scholarships (valued at $4,000
each) — Sallie Robinson of Tucker, Ga.;
Kathy Gaertner of Howey-in-the-Hills,
Fla.; Bill Buchanan of Jonesboro, Ga.;
and Bob Clyburn of Marietta, Ga.

Altogether, 164 men and women high
school seniors entered the competition
forthese academic awards. The 15
finalists had Scholastic Aptitude Test
scores ranging from 1250 to 1460 — one

of the criteria for selection. They also
were judged on the basis of high school
transcripts, leadership qualities,
recommendations and interviews.

The Quattlebaum Honor Scholarship
program, inaugurated this year as PC's
most prestigious grant series, is designed
to recognize intellectually gifted
students whose aptitudes and academic
achievements mark them as future
leaders in their chosen fields. It is
funded by an endowment established
by Alexander McQueen Quattlebaum —
Florence and Georgetown business and
civic leader — and his wife, Mrs. Lucille
Godfrey Quattlebaum. He is board
chairman of Harllee-Quattlebaum, Inc.,
and a trustee of Presbyterian College.

Quattlebaum joined the selection
committee in determining the 1981
recipient from among the outstanding
contenders who visited the campus for
the intensive two-day selection process.

In addition to his excellent academic
record and resulting honors, Mike
Gruber was named the "best all-around"
of his high school class, received the
Elks Youth Leadership Award, won
several Science Fair citations, served on
the Student Council for four years, and
engaged in such civic activities as
math-tutoring the underprivileged and
the Christmas Empty Stocking Fund.
He also earned letters in football and
soccer and participated in the
Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Gruber plans to enter the pre-medical
program at Presbyterian College.

Second semester enrolls 899 students

There are now 899 men and women
studying on the PC campus in this
second semester of the 1980-81 session.
That number registering on January 7
compares with the record fall enrollment
of 946. The decline between the first
and second semesters results from
students who have completed work on
their degrees and others who dropped
out or did not remain academically
qualified. As always, some entered
as new students this term.

The 899 total is made up of 486 men
and 413 women. In terms of full-time-
equivalents, the number is 881
compared to 883 for the second
semester last year.

Now that the spring semester is
underway, it will continue without
interruption until the ten-day spring
holidays of March 6-16. The semester
will close on May 6, to be followed by
1981 Commencement exercises on
May 10.

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Additions in business office,
maintenance bolster staff

Two December additions to the college
staff were Frank A. Mumford, controller-
accountant in the office of Business
Manager G. Edward Campbell, and
Donald L. Pickard, who became the
new director of the physical plant.

Mumford joined the PC operation
from the staff of Eastern Illinois
University, where he held the position
of bursar. Earlier, he had two years of
accounting experience with the firm of
Woodyard and Henson, CPA's. He
earned his BS degree from Eastern
Illinois.

Pickard was assista'nt director of the
plant at the University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga, where he earned his BS
degree and has done post-graduate
work toward his MBA. While Pickard
assumed overall direction of the physical
facilities, Oren F. Beaty remains as a
consultant in the plant operations he
supervised for almost 35 years.

Slow year in sports

It has not been PC's finest year in
varsity sports.

Of the five athletic endeavors so far
during the 1980-81 season, only women's
basketball has a chance of posting a
.500-or-better record. This squad held
even at 7 wins and 7 losses in late
January, led by Lynn Hope with a
scoring average of 12.5 points and
Nancy Davis with a 6.2 rebound average.

At this point, the men cagers looked
toward the final month of play with
hopes of improving their 5-14 record.
They count on the scoring of Donnie
Perkins (18.5 average) and the rebound-
ing of Bill Koon, the leader at 8 per
game.

For a final report on last fall, the Blue
Hose posted their first losing football
season in four years as they dropped
from the number one ranking of 1979
to a 4-7 record in 1980. Soccer improved
some to a 5-12 mark, but women's
volleyball closed with a 2-25 season.

Alumni directory still available

Some extra copies of our Centennial
Alumni Directory still remain available
for any former students who may wish
to purchase one.

The price for a hard-cover edition at
this time is $25. Requests sent to the
PC Office of Alumni & Public Relations
will be filled immediately in the order
they are received.

This publication was PC's first venture
into assembling a printed alumni
directory, and it met with an enthusi-
astic response. One-fourth of the
alumni bought the volume which
includes biographical data and listings
by class, alphabetical and geographical.

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The famous Lorelei Rock overlooks the Rhine

Arc de Triomphe, landmark of Paris

Cruise the Rhine
and visit Paris —

in the congenial company of PC people;
open to alumni, parents and friends

July 14-23, 1981

Price includes accommodations, travel and two meals daily

$1,349

Atlanta to Brussels

via Sabena Airlines 747 Jet

(connecting flight available from Columbia)

Ten-day guided tour

• Visit Brussels, Cologne, Bastogne, Heidelberg, Metz
• Two days and three nights in Paris
• Five-hour Rhine River voyage

There's still room — but time runs out

If you're interested, contact the PC Alumni Offlce immediately

Presbyterian College Tour

His $602,000 bequest announced earlier:

Gallant Chair of Chemistry

established to honor

Jimmy and Louise Gallant

Mrs. Callant receives a special citadon from
trustee Chairman Robert Vance and President Orr.

Presbyterian College has established
the James G. and Louise Gallant Chair
of Chemistry in honor of the late
LaGrange, Ga., business leader and his
wife — underwritten by Gallant's 1977
bequest of $602,000 to PC.

President Orr said the amount of the
gift was announced earlier, but the
designated use of it has just been
decided.

Jimmy Gallant was a member of the
PC board of trustees for 12 years
(1957-69), and he and Mrs. Gallant then
served on the board of visitors for a
number of years prior to his death.
Mrs. Gallant recently became a trustee
as one of the Synod of the Southeast
representatives to PC's official governing
board.

Gallant spent 52 years with the Belk
mercantile organization, most of it in
LaGrange — where he was executive
vice-president and co-owner of nine
Belk-Gallant stores. He served a term
as mayor of LaGrange and also headed
the Chamber of Commerce there.
Active in the religious affairs of his
coromunity, he was for 32 years an
elder of the LaGrange First Presbyterian

Church. Mrs. Gallant also has taken a
leading role in the civic and religious
activities of LaGrange.

President Orr said the Gallant bequest
is being used to establish a chair of
chemistry, because Jimmy and Louise
Gallant shared an affinity for the field
of medicine. In his youth. Gallant
pursued medical studies before turning
to his career in business, and she had
early training as a registered nurse.

The board of trustees, at its spring
meeting next March, will designate a
professor to fill the newly created
Gallant Chair of Chemistry.

1981-82 reservations up

Paid reservations by freshmen planning
to enter next fail were running 20
percent ahead of last year's record pace
as of early January.

That's the report from the admissions
office, which urges prompt action by
interested students who have not yet
assured their place for the 1981-82
session. Waiting lists had to be estab-
lished for both men and women
applicants last year as PC moved toward
a fail enrollment of 946 students, largest
in the history of the college.

Cousar leads fourth Ministers' Conference

what is the image of the preaching
minister in literature?

Persons attending PC's fourth annual
Ministers' Conference next April 21-22
will get an Insight into this question
during one session conducted by Dr.
James L. Skinner, professor of English
at the college.

Otherwise, the two-day program will
be led by Dr. Charles Cousar, professor

of New Testament at Columbia Theo-
logical Seminary, which joins PC in
sponsoring this activity. It is all designed
to offer fresh insights for pastoral work.
Ministers from throughout the Synod
of the Southeast are invited to consider
this thoughtful campus interlude (at a
small fee) and may obtain specific
information through Chaplain Sam
Cooper at Presbyterian College.

Presbyterian College

Vol. 34, No. 1 February, 1981

Published monthly except January, April, June, luly and
October by Presbyterian College Office of Alumni and
Public Relations. Second class postage paid at the Post Office,
Clinton, S. C. 29325.

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